A Living Will

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The Living Will

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RIGHT TO LIFE





What is a living will?

A living will is a legal document where a person decides whether or not to prolong their life with medical treatments.
[1] ("MedicineNet.com")

Why is a living will important?
A living will is important because it provides the doctors or any other health care providers with information to prolong a persons life or not in a case the he or she cannot speak for themselves.

When should someone make a living will?
If you are eighteen years old with a job then would be the time to go to a lawyer. When your at a lawyer your options are to either choose to be on life support or not.

When making a living will you will fill out:
  • If you want cardiac resuscitation
  • If you want mechanical respiration
  • If you want tube feeding or any artificial form of nutrition or hydration
  • If you want blood
  • If you want any form of surgery or diagnostic tests
  • If you want kidney dialysis
  • If you want antibiotics
  • If you want a surrogate (another person) to make any decisions over time

[3] ("Pennsylvania Living Will")
A Living Will Form


Why choose to be on life support?
  • Choosing to have life support gives hope regardless of the persons injury or case.
  • Save a life
  • Family cannot choose the persons destiny when on life support. Unless the person chooses a surrogate to decide.
  • You can always come back to life.
  • So why not take a chance choose to be on life support.

[2] ("AllLaw.com")




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LOVE LIFE




References:
[1] "Living Will." MedicineNet.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr 2011. <http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4181>.[2] "What is a living will?." AllLaw.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr 2011. <http://www.alllaw.com/articles/wills_and_trusts/article7.asp>.[3] "Declaration." Pennsylvania Living Will. Halt, n.d. Web. 15 Apr 2011. <http://www.halt.org/living_wills/pennsylvania.pdf>.